Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-16
BREAKING THE BLOCKADE.
The Delayed Trains--Accidents will Hap
pen.

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The weather being reasonably good OF
the hill yesterday, the railroad men Tel
encouraged in their efforts to raise Thu
snow blockade, as their work would bt
performed to good advantage and make
showing for itself. A plow with seven
locomotives behind it made the run OF five
miles from Emigrant Gap 10 Blue Canyon
in ten minutes about A. NJ, scattering the
snow before it magnifcently. Attention
was then concentrated upon the work OF
relieving the pillow that was stalled near
Shady Run, but it was tedious labor,
owing to the vast amount OF snow to be
handled. About 10 o'clock last night
it seemed probable that this pillow would be
free in a few hours, and. the pillow from
Emigrant Gap was directed to return there,
SO as 10 be on hand to start out ahead OF
the passenger trains lying at cisco, and
clear the track for them as soon as the road
was declared open to Alta. 1t seems, now
ever, that portion of a snow-shed snort
distance east of Blue Canyon was crushed
in by the snow upon it about the time the
pillow and the engines manipulating 1t
reached there, and the pillow ran into the
debris, the result being that it and locomo-
tive No Dol left the rails, and are now lying
across the track in disabled condi-
ton, buried in the snow. A wreck
ing train was sent from this city
about midnight, to get them back upon the
rails. If the pillow stalled at Shady Kun
gets free md succeeds in clearing the track
below there before daylight, as it was be-
lieved at II o'clock last night it would be
| likely to do, the wrecking train will be
able to go through to the assistance OF the
| cd Vie ,rff W1fn0nt
doubt it will require several hours to
straighten things up, and at the best that
can be hoped for, the delayed west-bound
trains cannot reach Sacramento until late
this afternoon, or early in the evening.
BY the accident at the snow-shed men
| toned above, fireman Mead and brakeman
| Brady were quite severely hurt, but all the
others escaped, and only one engine left
| the rails.
A dispatch from Browns, on the Truckee
Division, states that the worst snow-storm
| ever known east of Reno, on the line of
the road, took place yesterday morning.
Snow fell to depth of over q feet on the
track, and continued falling heavily during
| the day.
Sacramento people who are on the trains
delayed at Cisco and Colfax sent dispatches
to their friends yesterday, announcing that
| they were not suffering any hardship, and,
as they could not help themselves, were
rather enjoying the situation" Their
| friends here are smiling, in anticipation of
the narratives of wonderful experiences
and strange spectacles that may be ex-
pected when the storm bound get here.
Owing to washout on the Southern Pa
cific, yesterdays train from the south
brought neither passengers nor freight from
| below Sumner. According to Geographic
advices, there has been big storm down
| there.
A special train will come down from Col
fax this morning on the overland express
! time, and go on to San Francisco with pas
sengers and mail.
ON THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON
Railroad the blockade caused by slides of
earth, rock and snow, between Delta and
| Dunsmuir, continues, but it was thought
Yesterday that if the weather remained
reasonably good, and no more slides de-
scended the track would be clear by
tonight. Beside these slides, there has
been trouble from snow, which drifted into
the cuts and was hard to get rid of. Mon
day night the pillow, while clearing the
track, struck big rock, which had rolled
down upon the track and been covered
by the falling snow. The plow's apron
was broken by the force of the
|
service again until noon yesterday.
About o'clock last evening the pillow
started out again, and, when about mile
north of McCloud, struck an obstacle at
road crossing, the result being that the
apron was doubled under and broke off,
when the pillow ran over it and went into
the ditch, badly disabled After it is got
back upon the: track it will probably
have to go down to Densmuir for repairs.
The railroad company have offset this dis
aster by having five locomotives and
| large force of road-builders sent back from
| the front to clear the road, and they
will not be very long in doing it if the
weather holds good.
Yesterday car with camp outfit and a
| force of sixteen men was sent from this
| CITY to Sims, to assist in clearing the road
| and keeping it clear. At present trains are
only running to Delta.
| Prisoners EN- RoUrE.-Sheriff Cunning
ham, of San Joaquin county, brought to this
city yesterday en- route to the State Prison
at Folsom, a man named John Lamb, who is
| to serve a term of one year for grand
larceny. Lambs story is that he worked
| for a farmer near Stockton. One day he
went to town with his employers horse,
| got drunk, spent all his money, and the
| first thing he knew when he became sober
was that the saloon-keeper had bill of
sale of the horse He was arrested for grand
larceny, in selling the animal, but the
Court let him off with one year. deputy
Sheriff Newly, of Solauo county, also
passed through to Folsom, having in charge
James Wilson, sentenced to one years i'm
prisonment for petit larceny with prior
conviction.
ONE THAT WAS WoRsE.-It has been
generally conceded that the beating given
the Atlas by the Louisville Baseball Club
at San Francisco, few weeks ago, was the
| worst on record-the one that would be
published in the sporting almanacs and
chronicles of outdoor sports as the awful
example" The San Francisco Spirit Of the
Times has been looking over the records,
however. and finds that there was once a
game that was worse. 1t says The shut
out given by the Louisvilles to the Atlas on
the Both ult. is the greatest on record with
one exception. That one was that admin
isiered to the Clevelands by the Chicagos,
in 81 to the tune of $50. Thlrty-six hits
with a total of fifty-two earned bases were
raped out of the Cleveland pitcher. We
cannot at this moment recall his hame.'
APPARENTLY INsANE.-An elderly gentle
man named Simmons, well-to-do rancher,
living few miles from Sacramento, on the
middle road between the Freeport and
Stockton roads, came to the city yesterday
morning, and, on visiting stores st which
he has been in the habit of trading, he
acted in such an eccentric manner that it
was thought he was deranged. AT the
Fulton Market his conduct was such as TO
show conclusively that his mind was so
confused that he did not know what be
was doing, and Mr. May decided that it
was best to have him taken care of. He
readily accompanied Mr.. May to the county
Jail, and was there made comfortable with
the hope that his condition would soon
improve.
LOST EvERYTHING--A young man OF
Mexican descent, named A. NJ. Archullila,
appeared at the statien-house. yesterday
morning and confided to the officer in
charge that during the night he had been
robbed of $16o and a silver watch He
,, came to the city Monday afternoon from
Mayhew's Station, was intoxicated when
he arrived, and during the evening man.
aged to get so very drunk that he does not
, know where be went, who he went with,
nor what was done-only thai he woke up
Yesterday morning penniless. He says
that he recently came TO California from
Denver, Colorado, having gone to Colorado